Film Fest Gent 2025

An unnamed man in his thirties travels down from Albania in the summer to the Lithuanian tranquility of his home village to spend time with his parents. His arrival is neither unwanted nor remarkable. Community Gardens reads like fertile ground for nihilism, but through small, often dry gestures of rapprochement and affection, Katkus shows that even in alienation and monotony, there is a fascinating world to discover.

The United States of America is a road movie in the purest sense. To the rhythm of Benning and Gordon’s silent journey through New York, Chicago, the Rocky Mountains, Las Vegas, and other locations, they show a North America that looks much more sober than the bombastic image we are used to seeing of the country. Their USA feels calmer, almost anti-American.